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Does Disaster Change Income and Wealth Distribution Toward Extremity of Inequality and Poverty? Analysis of Flood and Landslides in the Vulnerable Locations of Nepal

Raghu Bir BistaDepartment of Economics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Pages 467-481 | Received 19 Aug 2019, Accepted 09 Jan 2020, Published online: 25 Jan 2020

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